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51. Photo 1002/16(853)

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Photo 1002/16(853)
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Fragment of the arch of a sculptured Jain torana (reverse side), from Mathura. Photographer: Smith, Edmund William
Scope & Content:
Drawing of this piece reproduced in Vincent A. Smith, 'The Jain Stupa and other antiquities of Mathura' (Allahabad, 1901), pl. 19: 'There is nothing in the sculptures of this torana to indicate whether the ceremony depicted was Jain or Buddhist; but the fact that the slabs were found not far fro...
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Visual Arts
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Date Range:
1880s-1890s
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1 item

52. Photo 1002/16(855)

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Photo 1002/16(855)
Title:
General view of excavations of the Jain stupa at Kankali Tila, Mathura. Photographer: Smith, Edmund William
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View looking along excavated trench. Reproduced in photogravure in Vincent A. Smith, 'The Jain Stupa and other antiquities of Mathura' (Allahabad, 1901), pl. 2, where Smith comments that the photograph, 'in the absence of explanatory notes recorded at the time, ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
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Date Range:
c 1889
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1 item

53. Photo 1002/16(851)

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Photo 1002/16(851)
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An ayagapata or Jain homage tablet, with small figure of a tirthankara in the centre, from Mathura. Photographer: Smith, Edmund William
Scope & Content:
Jain homage tablet, donor unknown, found in the Jain stupa at Kankali Tila. Drawing of this piece reproduced in Vincent A. Smith, 'The Jain Stupa and other antiquities of Mathura' (Allahabad, 1901), pl. 9. Piece now in the Lucknow Museum. Subjects = Archaeological Survey of India Collections; ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
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Date Range:
1880s-1890s
Extent:
1 item

54. Photo 1002/16(861)

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Photo 1002/16(861)
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Fragment of an ancient statue of female figures, locally called Astabhuji (eight-armed), from Bihar, Partabgarh District. Photographer: Beglar, Joseph Daviditch Melik
Scope & Content:
Described in A. Cunningham, Report of tours in the Gangetic Provinces from Badaon to Bihar, in 1875-76 and 1877-78 (A.S.I. vol. XI, Calcutta, 1880), pp. 64-67. Subjects = Archaeological Survey of India Collections; Archaeological Survey of India Collections (Indian Museum Series); Indian sculp...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
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Date Range:
1870s
Extent:
1 item

55. Photo 1002/16(862)

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Photo 1002/16(862)
Title:
Rear view of fragment of an ancient statue of female figures, locally called Astabhuji (eight-armed), from Bihar, Partabgarh District. Photographer: Beglar, Joseph Daviditch Melik
Scope & Content:
See note at print 861. Subjects = Archaeological Survey of India Collections; Archaeological Survey of India Collections (Indian Museum Series); Indian sculpture; Indian sculpture (Hindu)
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870s
Extent:
1 item